Sunday, October 14, 2012

Books we love: Proof of Heaven A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife:

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife.

A SCIENTIST’S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE

Thousands of people have had
near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are
impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly
trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply
fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.

Then, Dr.
Alexander’s own brain was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the
brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us
human—shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as
his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open.
He had come back.

‘You have nothing to fear.’
‘There is nothing you can do wrong.’
The message flooded me with a vast and crazy sensation of relief. (Photo
illustration by Newsweek; Source: Buena Vista Images-Getty Images)

Alexander’s recovery is a medical miracle. But
the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in
coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic
being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical
existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the
universe itself.

Alexander’s story is not a fantasy. Before he
underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of
neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today
Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only
when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not
the end of personal existence but only a transition.

This story
would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to
Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith
will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.